Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor implied. If you could repeat previously discredited memes or steer the conversation into irrelevant, off topic discussions, it would be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.

The Scary Danger of Meat (Even for Those Who Don’t Eat It)
“The government has rolled over once again for Big Meat and we may be in more danger from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.” (read more if interested)

The two hands over the head in signal 6 does not mean “handcuffs” as that word cannot be found in the dictionary used by these referees. Instead, it means that you have successfuly gotten access to all of the investors money in their bank accounts and they have to give it to you.

Similarly, Signal 29 does not mean “perp walk in progress” as no penalties are ever awarded to players infringing the rules. Instead, it means that the government regulators are coming over hat in hand to beg forgiveness for causing interference in response to a Signal 33.

Has the use of this diagram been officially sanctioned by the the Banzai Institute (see here: )? We wouldn’t want to upset the good Doctor Banzai. Of course, the diagram does reveal that the world of finance does operate on another plane of existence.

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